April Jury Duty

  Jane got home the 22nd of March from dog sitting at Phil's. She is still waiting for Greyhound to reimburse her for the layover in Detroit caused by a rider complaining about lack of heat on the bus in Cleveland that made the bus late. I was with Rich for his 3 scrutinies during Lent that led to his baptism, confirmation and communion on Holy Saturday at St. Gerard. We had Brad change the lights in the kitchen, hallway, bedroom and bathroom along with switching the connection of the breaker for the range to the dryer's. Simon is working out on Grand River for Water Shed Wellness. He has been there since March 16 and works about 3 days a week. Friday was Lukas' last day at Inovolan as they are closing their office in Lansing. During spring break, the first week of April, I was able to go each day to The Y for Silver Sneakers. Jon, Sharon and Silas came up Friday the 7th for our birthdays. We went out to MSU that Saturday for the Science Day activities and had a beautiful day after Thursday being cold and snowy it was sunny and near 60 degrees. On Monday the 10th I had to report to Eaton County in Charlotte for jury duty. April was the first time I have ever been summoned and when they called the 14 of our large group of people and I was number 5. We sat in the jury box and were questioned by the prosecutor and defendant's lawyer and one person asked to be dismissed because his bad knee would bother him during the trail and Judge Cunningham did. The lawyer asked to dismiss juror number 12 because he was too involved with police officers but she denied him. Then the prosecutor asked to dismiss number 5 and the judge dismissed me. Thank you, I was out by 10 and able to get to school by 11. It must have been my response about following the judges rules for narrow deliberation to which I said I could have a problem if it went against my conscience. Phil was here for Easter with Winston and we had Ya Ya's chicken and Mark was over. Trump has been president for 100 days and we have survived but are watching very closely. I usually work with the first graders at Elmwood and actually only cover classes 2 days a week. I was able to read a 2011 Newbery Award book, Moon Over Manifest, while there were breaks and really found it a very good book for all ages. MSU beat Miami but lost to Kansas in the NCAA's. Our neighbor Ian cut up the tree that fell during the storm as he's been clearing out the overgrowth on his property behind us.